Looks like 2 pairs to me. Good, dry socks are a wonderful thing if you’re a hiker. Vaccine technology is a good non-chafing pair we’ve gotten from 2020. Costly, but it’s not nothing…
Andrew Sullivan is always a challenging intellect. He reviews a discussion of conservatism, by a liberal. “Burke could defend liberalism because it emerged organically in English and British history — and therefore was a conservative inheritance.” “The survival of a moderate conservatism, a conservatism that accepts and is comfortable with modernity and liberal democracy, is indispensable to the stability of our polity as a whole. Moderate conservatism is a vital counterbalance to liberalism, as the Trump years have shown.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/books/review/edmund-fawcett-conservatism.html
Calendars are indifferent stenographers of our actions.
Even in this pandemic, 2020 could have been different.
In this year’s waning days, we could have looked back in weary solidarity at a moment when the president rallied the people to rise above bickering partisanship.
He could have encouraged our better selves and navigated a safer path through what many will probably recall as the greatest catastrophe of their lifetime.
Instead, Trump encouraged chaos. He railed against science and promoted conspiracies. He undercut basic protocols such as mask-wearing and social distancing, which, if widely practiced, could have saved thousands of lives.
He offered no national plan for a national crisis, no sanctuary for a country that now seems benumbed by an incomparable level of suffering.
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If blame is to be assigned, deliver it where it belongs.
Blame the ruthless efficiency of a broken system operating exactly as designed, to enrich the wealthy and crush everyone else.
Blame the selfishness and stupidity of every person who thought their packed wedding, backyard barbecue, or Thanksgiving at Grandpa’s was more important than a small sacrifice for the greater good.
Likewise, 2020 didn’t endorse white supremacy in all its forms. It didn’t shoot Breonna Taylor dead in her bed, or stalk and kill Ahmaud Arbery. The year didn’t press its knee into George Floyd’s neck and choke the life out of him as he cried out for his dead mother.
And it’s not 2020, aided by Republican legislators and Trump supporters, still trying to disenfranchise millions of voters and overthrow democracy.
On display since the day Trump was sworn into office, his administration’s callousness and incompetence had no capacity to change simply because of the dramatically heightened stakes.
That so many continue to embrace it will long remain a stain on the nation.
I once inadvertently wore a pair of mismatched socks to the office before I retired. It seems in sorting my laundry, I mated a navy blue with a black. When it was pointed out to me, I just replied that I have another pair just like these at home in the sock drawer.
Presenting a Kickstarter for the book, “Belle the Christmas Elf.” Belle preferred to make clothes rather than toys. so when kids got clothes for Christmas it made Belle happy.
I gave my niece a pair of Christmas socks one year. When we were doing the family phone call I asked her mother if she liked her gift. I got a begrudging thanks Aunty. Then I asked if she had tried them on. Yeah, there was a check inside one of the socks. She got a bit more appreciative then. Be careful of the lame gift, it may be hiding something better. ;)
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
You were expecting maybe face masks?
Sanspareil almost 4 years ago
Why the complaint Winslow?
They match perfectly as they have the same thickness!
admiree2 almost 4 years ago
Mismatched, Winslow? Either wear them and start a trend or check in the washer to see if they have gone into a parallel universe yet.
rossevrymn almost 4 years ago
Joke would have been better, Stantisfernuthin’, if Winslow were only holding 2 socks, and they were mismatched.
William Robbins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Looks like 2 pairs to me. Good, dry socks are a wonderful thing if you’re a hiker. Vaccine technology is a good non-chafing pair we’ve gotten from 2020. Costly, but it’s not nothing…
Andrew Sullivan is always a challenging intellect. He reviews a discussion of conservatism, by a liberal. “Burke could defend liberalism because it emerged organically in English and British history — and therefore was a conservative inheritance.” “The survival of a moderate conservatism, a conservatism that accepts and is comfortable with modernity and liberal democracy, is indispensable to the stability of our polity as a whole. Moderate conservatism is a vital counterbalance to liberalism, as the Trump years have shown.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/books/review/edmund-fawcett-conservatism.html
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Calendars are indifferent stenographers of our actions.
Even in this pandemic, 2020 could have been different.
In this year’s waning days, we could have looked back in weary solidarity at a moment when the president rallied the people to rise above bickering partisanship.
He could have encouraged our better selves and navigated a safer path through what many will probably recall as the greatest catastrophe of their lifetime.
Instead, Trump encouraged chaos. He railed against science and promoted conspiracies. He undercut basic protocols such as mask-wearing and social distancing, which, if widely practiced, could have saved thousands of lives.
He offered no national plan for a national crisis, no sanctuary for a country that now seems benumbed by an incomparable level of suffering.
✁
If blame is to be assigned, deliver it where it belongs.
Blame the ruthless efficiency of a broken system operating exactly as designed, to enrich the wealthy and crush everyone else.
Blame the selfishness and stupidity of every person who thought their packed wedding, backyard barbecue, or Thanksgiving at Grandpa’s was more important than a small sacrifice for the greater good.
Likewise, 2020 didn’t endorse white supremacy in all its forms. It didn’t shoot Breonna Taylor dead in her bed, or stalk and kill Ahmaud Arbery. The year didn’t press its knee into George Floyd’s neck and choke the life out of him as he cried out for his dead mother.
And it’s not 2020, aided by Republican legislators and Trump supporters, still trying to disenfranchise millions of voters and overthrow democracy.
On display since the day Trump was sworn into office, his administration’s callousness and incompetence had no capacity to change simply because of the dramatically heightened stakes.
That so many continue to embrace it will long remain a stain on the nation.
~
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/22/opinion/defense-2020-our-annus-horribilis/
Durak Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Next year….shoes!
Bookworm almost 4 years ago
I once inadvertently wore a pair of mismatched socks to the office before I retired. It seems in sorting my laundry, I mated a navy blue with a black. When it was pointed out to me, I just replied that I have another pair just like these at home in the sock drawer.
i_am_the_jam almost 4 years ago
Could have been worse…
jongblue almost 4 years ago
Hey I was happy. I requested Bombas and outofprint socks and got both!
Bradley Walker almost 4 years ago
Presenting a Kickstarter for the book, “Belle the Christmas Elf.” Belle preferred to make clothes rather than toys. so when kids got clothes for Christmas it made Belle happy.
It didn’t make its funding goal. Wonder why…
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/833690166/belle-the-christmas-elf?ref=discovery&term=elf%20book
GiantShetlandPony almost 4 years ago
I gave my niece a pair of Christmas socks one year. When we were doing the family phone call I asked her mother if she liked her gift. I got a begrudging thanks Aunty. Then I asked if she had tried them on. Yeah, there was a check inside one of the socks. She got a bit more appreciative then. Be careful of the lame gift, it may be hiding something better. ;)
Back to Big Mike almost 4 years ago
I have always loved getting new socks. Even when I was a kid. New socks feel like real luxury.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 4 years ago
More than I got. Also he doesn’t wear any clothes.